Just after the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, a novel "The Horseman", which was promoted by storytellers, quickly became popular and successfully broke out, causing quite a stir.
At the same time, the new year's polo league has started with great enthusiasm. The Ningfu Polo Team, which was the most popular last year, is still sharp, winning three consecutive games at the beginning, and all of them were big wins.
Just when many fans and opponents thought that this year's Polo League A championship would still be in the hands of the Ningfu Polo Team, something unexpected happened.
The head of the Ning Mansion, Jia Rong, actually imitated the story of "The General of the Cavalry" and dismissed many of the main players of the polo team in one fell swoop.
Not only that, but they also helped the main players of the polo team who successfully deregistered to sign up for this year’s martial arts competition!
When the news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the entire capital!
Could it be that the head of the Ning Mansion is so stupid that he really thinks that reality and novels can develop in the same way?
For a time, the members of the Ningfu Polo Team who successfully deregistered and successfully registered for this year's martial arts competition became the focus of attention throughout the capital.
Everyone wants to see if a group of sub-star polo players have the ability to become masters through martial arts?
At this time, there were not many doubting voices on the street. This can only be attributed to the wonderfulness of the novel "The General of the Cavalry" and its deep rootedness in the hearts of the people.
After all, ordinary people all have a dream of counterattack by diaosi, and the protagonist of the novel fits this perfectly.
As for the nobles in the capital, their reaction was quite calm.
In fact, unknown to the outside world, some distinguished men serving in the military have long been shocked by the war content in the novel.
Judging from their experience and perspective, the battle plots in the middle and later stages of the novel are almost realistic descriptions of real wars.
In other words, if analyzed and studied carefully, the battles experienced by the protagonist in the novel are no different from real wars.
Among them, the war layout introduced in the plot of the novel, as well as the commander's response, and the operation of the entire army are equally effective when placed on the real frontier army.
This is an exaggeration!
The storyline in the novel is like recreating real wars.
The details inside are the core inheritance of the noble family or the military general family, and will not be spread easily.
"Is this kid Jia Rong crazy enough to bring out something like this?"
Many high-ranking officials were shocked and puzzled by Jia Rong's behavior.
They felt they had benefited a lot from some of the plots in the novel, and many of the contents gave them a sense of familiarity.
Those with a bright mind quickly realized that this was a famous battle of the first generation Ning Guo Gong, and it should be a precious inheritance left by the first generation Ning Guo Gong after his own review.
This amount of money is really huge!
It is no exaggeration to say that anyone with some military talent can become a qualified general simply by analyzing the battles of the novel plot and understanding the secrets of military operation.
They don't know what the purpose of Jia Rong's paying such a high price is?
Before the specific situation is clear, many noble families will not easily express their stance.
If by accident, the meaning of his statement coincides with Jia Rong's thoughts and ideas, who knows what unexpected things this crazy guy will do?
The honorable group that should have reacted most fiercely did not make any sound.
If they don't bother, others can't bother either.
After all, those polo players participating in military exercises will eventually be transferred to the army, and outsiders have no confidence in what they want to say.
On the other hand, a group of scholars were quite dissatisfied with Ning Mansion's actions.
However, before the big bosses of the civil service group expressed their opinions, the voices of the scholars at the bottom could not create much trouble at all.
Isn't it just envy and jealousy? A group of children from a family who are good at playing polo have the opportunity to directly participate in the martial arts examination and stand out, and there is a great chance of passing the scholar and even the examination. I feel sour in my heart.
As for them, they need to take part in the imperial examination, which is heavily involved. There is no certainty at all whether they can pass the imperial examination and become a master.
What most disturbs the unbalanced mentality of the lower-class scholars is the popular novel "The Horseman". The plot in it has already pointed out the direction for the polo players of the Ningfu Polo Team.
Even if you just imitate the path of the protagonist in the novel, as long as you can survive the most dangerous early stage, you may actually become a general in the future.
As for the scholars at the lower level, even if they are successful in the imperial examination, they still don’t know how many years they will waste if they want to be promoted to a fifth-rank position with real power?
Anyway, after Jia Rong's some saucy maneuvers, the controversy that caused the main members of the Ningfu polo team to deregister and have the opportunity to participate in martial arts was suppressed to a minimum.
"Brother Rong is awesome!"
Naturally, all the reactions from outside were seen by the leading members of the Ning Mansion.
By this time, it can be said that things have settled.
Jia Qiang, who had been paying attention to the development of the situation and was sweating in her heart, rushed to Ning'an Hall on Xiu Mu's day and praised Jia Rong who was sitting on the throne.
"It's just an appetizer, the real storm has yet to come!"
Waving his hand, Jia Rong was very disapproving, shook his head and said: "We have to wait until the results of those guys' participation in the martial arts competition are known, and then things will completely break out!"
Jia Qiang understood the reason, Jia Rong had already explained it.
It can be said that Ning Mansion's behavior this time was very bold.
Once many polo players pass the martial arts examination and have the qualifications to be promoted, the situation will naturally be very different.
It can be said that Ning Mansion's actions have opened up a training model for low-level martial arts schools for noble families and military commander families.
As long as they imitate the Ning Mansion's approach, they will be able to continuously cultivate low-level military attachés with certain capabilities.
Although they are all low-level military attachés, as long as a few of them are particularly outstanding and can join the ranks of middle- and high-level generals, it will be a huge profit for the nobles and the generals' families.
As long as the children of the family, or those attached to the family, can become powerful generals in the army, the family will not completely decline.
It can be said that the measures taken by the Ning Mansion are to extend the lives of the noble and military general families.
At the same time, the existence of the Polo League also gives ordinary people a chance to advance.
If you want to gain fame by joining the military, you can first become famous through the polo league and then participate in the martial arts competition.
At the very least, when you join the army, you will not be a cannon fodder soldier. You will be at least a senior soldier, and your life safety will be slightly guaranteed.
But in this way, the power of the noble and military general families can continue for a long time, and the civil servant group will definitely not agree.
If they want their children to pass the imperial examination and become officials, they have to spend a lot of energy and cost. Naturally, they cannot see that the noble and military general families can easily continue their glory.
At that time, Ning Mansion, as the instigator, will definitely not get any benefits.
Not to mention the civil service group, they are not satisfied today either.
For some reasons, the current attitude towards the Xungui Group has always been unfavorable, and can even be said to be very disliked.
Otherwise, the four major Jinling families in the story of Red Mansions, as well as some noble families, would not have declined so quickly.
Of course, the situation has not developed to that extent yet.
Jia Qiang's mentality is very relaxed. What he is most concerned about right now is whether the children of the family can completely turn over through martial arts.
If they fail the martial arts examination and become a martial arts scholar or martial arts examiner, the Ning Mansion will have to be passive.
After all, those guys are all contributors to the Ning Mansion.
Ningfu Polo Team is also a well-known top team in the polo circle.
As a main member of the Ningfu Polo Team, he is naturally considered a star in the polo circle.
Although they are all just children of the same family, not to mention their own reputations, all of them are wealthy owners.
At least, they are much richer than Jia Qiang.
If they fail to pass the martial arts examination, the Ning Mansion will naturally help to take care of the situation, which will cause a lot of trouble.
"No matter what, the polo team has successfully completed the blood exchange!"
Jia Qiang chuckled and said: "Even if the results are affected to a certain extent, after those guys get familiar with the rhythm and intensity of the game, our Ningfu Polo Team will still be a top team!"
Because the news that many of the main players of the Ningfu Polo Team had resigned from the country and were preparing to participate in martial arts competitions was too eye-catching, not many people paid attention to the fact that the Ningfu Polo Team quickly changed its players. Although its performance declined, it did not cause any concern.
Too many twists and turns.
Apart from anything else, there is not much pressure from the audience and the outside world.
As the polo league continues to become more popular, the family members who originally played the main role in the polo team will surely gradually withdraw from the stage.
Just kidding, a group of young people from the clan are gearing up to show off their talents.
It turned out that the main players of the polo team all had children from their own families. How could they be balanced in their hearts and how could they agree?
I believe that this is not only the case for the Ningfu polo team, but also for the polo teams run by other noble families.
It's true, it allows the family's children to learn to ride horses, and they can also have pretty good equestrian skills. The Ning Mansion has given the family's children too many opportunities.
Apart from anything else, among the eight-fang clan members of the Jia clan in the capital, there will definitely be no more than four-fang people capable of training polo players.
In other words, there are at least four members of the Sifang clan who have no chance to learn to ride a horse, let alone develop superb riding skills.
The tribesmen didn’t care about such resources before, but can they not care about it now?
Once on the polo field, there will be a lot of money in the account. Which tribe can not care?
Under such circumstances, as the clan leader, Jia Rong would suffer a big loss if he did not make preparations in advance.
"I don't care about grades or anything like that now!"
Jia Rong chuckled and said, "I just hope there won't be too much noise within the family!"
As he spoke, his eyes glanced in the direction of Rong Mansion, and the meaning was self-explanatory.
"Brother Rong, Fang Xi, the people in Xifu have never cared about the troubles outside, and they have no interest in the polo league..."